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ID number:  BIRBI-B2913
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Herakleios I; Constantine III; Herakleonas; Constantinople
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  635-636
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.2
Weight (g):  4.22
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1600. Spink, 14th January 1967; "From Constantinople".
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Description:  Obverse: In the centre, Herakleios facing, standing, with long beard and moustache, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown; holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown; holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the l., Herakleonas facing, standing, uncrowned; wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross in the l. of the field, above the head of Herakleonas. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps. Monogram of Herakleios in the l. of the field; Θ in the r. of the field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: … RIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Ƨ (6).

Bibliography:  MIB III 40

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Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Herakleonas
Byzantine
626

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